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Programma stage di Scienze della Terra Camerino 23-30 giugno 2013
Domenica 23 luglio arrivi: dalle 14:00 alle 17:00 al Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra via Gentile terzo da Varano
Domenica 23
Lunedì 24 giugno
8.00
Sveglia e prima
colazione
Argomento
Geosfera 1
Martedì 25
Sveglia e prima
colazione
Mercoledì 26
Giovedì 27
Sveglia e prima
colazione
Geosfera 2
Attività sul
Geosfera 4
terreno
Sismografo
Syllabus +allegato Grotte di
SCHETTINO
parte 1 e 2
Frasassi
Ciclo delle rocce
Carsismo
Terremoti
Riconoscimento
superficiale
rocce
Syllabus
INVERNIZZI
PIERANTONI
Sismica
Ambienti di
LANCELLOTTI sedimentazione
risoluzione
CANTALAMESSA
domande IESO
risoluzione
10-11-12 sulla
domande
Geosfera
IESO 10-11-12
Sveglia e prima
colazione
Idrosfera
Pranzo mensa
Astronomia
Visita al Museo Syllabus
delle Scienze di Terra, Luna e
Camerino
moti
Stelle e pianeti
cena buffet
freddo in
BERNAGOZZI
Pomeriggio
dipartimento
Prova risoluzione
Ore 17.30
studenti e
domande IESO 10-11
genitori
- 12 sull’Astronomia
Pranzo mensa
Geosfera 3
Minerali
Riconoscimento
Esercitazioni
Pranzo panini
Pranzo mensa
Geosfera 5
20.00
Cena mensa
Osservazioni
astronomia
BELLESI
Cena mensa
Sera poster per
Mysore
Cena mensa
Esercitazioni
lettura del
paesaggio
Syllabus
Plate tectonics
vulcani
Mattino
Arrivo
9:00 – 13:00
OCCHIPINTI
LANCELLOTTI
Studenti e
famiglie
13:00- 14:00
Sera
presentazione
attività
presentazione
dei ragazzi
Cena mensa
Telescopi UNICAM
GIULI
Sveglia e prima
colazione
Venerdì 28
Pranzo mensa
Onde, correnti,
maree
tsunami
Syllabus
BISCI
Prova risoluzione
domande IESO
09-10-11-12
sull’Idrosfera
Sabato 29
Sveglia e prima
colazione
Attività sul
terreno
Syllabus
visita al Museo
Riconoscimento
fossili
Raccolta fossili
CANTALAMESSA
Pranzo panini
Atmosfera
Paleontologia,
Misure degli strati Syllabus
Syllabus Syllabus
Geomorfologia
riconoscimento
faglie tettonica
Pressione
Materassi
fossili Syllabus
applicazione
atmosferica,
Ortofoto
cartografia
vento, umidità,
PETROS
Uso della bussola Lettura del
precipitazioni,
paesaggio
geologica
mappe meteo
OCCHIPINTI
Faglie
PICCIONI
Profilo altimetrico risoluzione
Cartografia e GIS sovrascorrimenti
Carte topografiche Misure sul
domande IESO
Carte geologiche
torrente
09-10-11-12
GPS
PIERANTONI
sull’Idrosfera
PIERANTONI
Hystorical geology
Cena mensa
Sera libera
Cena mensa
Cena gelateria
liberi commenti
sulla settimana
Domenica 30
Sveglia e prima
colazione
Partenza
Astronomy
Observational Astronomy
1. Relative motion between the Sun, Moon and Earth – day and night, seasons, lunar phases, solar and lunar eclipses, calendar
2. Sky – constellations, Bayer’s designation of stars, celestial coordinates (right ascension, declination), ecliptic plane, precession
3. Planetary observations – conjunction, opposition, greatest elongation, albedo
4. Stellar brightness and colour – brightness, luminosity, colour, spectral classification
5. Telescopes – optics and operation of small telescopes, radio telescopes, space telescopes…
Introduction to Solar System
1. Sun – interior, atmosphere (photosphere, chromosphere, corona), sunspots…
2. Terrestrial plants – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
3. Outer planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
4. Dwarf planets
5. Comets
6. Asteroids
7. Satellites
8. Planetary rings
9. Space exploration in the solar system
The Sun is a star
1. Nuclear fusion in the solar interior
2. The birth of the solar system
3. The concept of color-magnitude diagram (HR diagram) (All the above do not get involved in stellar evolution.)
The Earth in the Universe
1.
2.
3.
The Earth in the solar system
The Sun in the Milky Way
The Milky Way in the Universe
Space Science
1. Thermosphere, magnetosphere, solar wind
2. The influence of solar surface activities to the Earth
Atmosphere
Written Test:
1. Basics and Energy of the Atmosphere:
Composition, history of atmosphere, pressure, density, temperature, ideal gas law, vertical layers, hydrostatic equilibrium, energy, heat and sensible heat, heat transfer,
radiation, solar and terrestrial radiation, albedo, energy balance, the Greenhouse Effect, seasons, temperature variation and its controls.
2. Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation:
Water and its three phases, latent heat, hydrological cycle, humidity and its related variables, saturation, dew and frost, cloud condensation nuclei, fog and its types, adiabatic
warming/cooling, clouds, cloud identification and classification, unusual clouds, atmospheric stability, inversion, instability and its causes, buoyancy, topographic effect,
thermodynamic diagrams, precipitation processes, cloud seeding, precipitation types and formation mechanisms.
3. Air Pressure and Motion:
Atmospheric pressure, weather maps, Newton’s law of motion, basic forces acting on the air, atmospheric motion (wind), winds produced by balanced forces, surface winds,
divergence and convergence, vertical motion, scales of weather systems, synoptic-scale systems, local wind systems (land-sea and mountain-valley breezes), katabatic
winds, feohn, small-scale winds, turbulence and eddies.
4.
Weather Systems and Patterns:
Air masses and their classification, fronts and their types, upper-air fronts, jet streams, polar front theory, extratropical cyclones, upper-level waves and surface storms,
tropical cyclones (hurricanes) and their classification, mesoscale convective systems, local thunderstorms, floods, cloud electrification and lightning, tornadoes and the
damaging scale, waterspouts, convective cells.
5. Climate and Climate Change:
Mean temperature and pressure patterns, general circulation, precipitation (rainfall) patterns, polar front and subtropical jets, monsoon, atmosphere-ocean interaction, ocean
currents and upwelling, El Niño and the Southern Oscillation, climate patterns and classification, climate change and its causes, past climate, global warming and its
consequences, air pollution and aerosols, ozone depletion, acid rain, climate-related environmental issues.
6. Observations, Weather Forecasts, and Atmospheric Optics:
Instrument shelter, thermometers, barometers, hygrometers, psychrometer, rain gauges, anemometers, radiosonde, dropsonde, sky conditions, visibility, remote-sensing of
weather, satellite and radar observations, rainfall estimates, Doppler effect and Doppler radar, acquisition of weather data, conventional and unconventional data, weather
maps, forecasting methods and tools, uncertainty and predictability, probability forecasts, reflection, scattering, transmission, refraction, color of objects, aurora, twinkling,
twilight, the green flash, mirage, halos, sundogs, sun pillars, rainbows, coronas.
Practical Test:
1. Use of meteorological instruments and their applications: Thermometer, barometer, hygrometer, psychrometer, rain gauge, anemometer, and radiosonde.
2. Weather observations and atmospheric optics: Identification of clouds, cloud development, sky condition, visibility, and optical phenomena.
3. Drawing and interpretation of weather maps: stations plots, surface weather maps, upper-air weather maps.
4. Interpretation and application of remotely-sensed data: Imageries from weather satellites, conventional radars, and Doppler radars.
5. Making forecasts using weather maps and other information provided.
Hydrospere
Hydrography
1. Water temperature
2. Water depth
3. Water density
4. Salinity
5. Sea level
6. Pressure
7. T-S diagram
8. Mixing layer
9. Sound velocity in ocean
Current
1. Geostrophic current
2. Eddy
3. Coriolis force
Tide
1. Semi-diurnal tide
2. Diurnal tide
3. Neap tide
4. Spring tide
5. Equilibrium theory of tide
Wave
1. Wave height
2. Wave period
3. Wave length
4. Wave speed in shallow water
5. Wave speed in deep water
10. Color of sea water
11. Nutrients in ocean
12. Dissolved oxygen
13. Light intensity in ocean
14. Altimeter
15. Evaporation
16. Precipitation
17. River runoff
4. Sea surface dynamic topography
5. Thermohaline circulation
6. Friction force
6. Tide-generating force
7. Low water
8. High water
9. tidal range
6. Tsunami
Geosphere
Written test:
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Mineral & Rocks
Identification of selected minerals from the list (Appendix 1).
Classification of selected rocks from the list (Appendix 1).
Idenfication of reefal limestones and reef-building organisms.
Historical geology (sedimentology, paleontology, stratigraphy, paleo-global change)
Sedimentary structure and interpretation, identification of selected fossils from the list (Appendix 2), and geological records in global change.
Principle of plate tectonics and its application.
Plate tectonics & Seismology
Crustal deformation and its relation to earthquakes.
Principle of seismology and related calculation.
Physical Geography
Physical Geography (geomorphology, climatology, hydrology, soil geography, major vegetation zones): landform vs. process, landform vs. geological structures, basic
hydrology, soil development, identification of major soil types, landscape I dentification, human vs. environments, and groundwater.
Practical test: Practical test for Geosphere in IESO 2009 will be held in the field. Test items include:
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Identification of rocks.
Skills for measuring the strike and dip of the assigned stratum.
Skills for using GPS and reading maps.
Find certain fossils within an assigned area.
Find certain sedimentary and structural features in assigned localities.
Interpretation of the depositional environment.
Sketch of the morphology and/or plot the cross section of stratigraphic profile.
Appendix 1. Rock & mineral list for IESO 2009 (modified from IESO 2007)
Minerals:
1. Albite [Plagioclase]
2. Apatite
3. Aragonite
4. Augite
5. Barite
6. Beryl
7. Biotite
8. Calcite
9. Chalcopyrite
10. Corundum
11. Diamond
12. Dolomite
13. Fluorite
14. Galena
15. Garnet
16. Graphite
17. Gypsum
18. Halite
19. Hematite
20. Hornblende
21. Kaolinite
22. Magnetite
23. Malachite
24. Muscovite
25. Olivine
26. Opal
27. Orthoclase
Metamorphic Rocks:
Igneous Rocks:
Sedimentary Rocks:
Kingdom
28. Pyrite
29. Quartz
30. Sphalerite
31. Sulfur/Sulphur
32. Talc
33. Topaz
34. Tourmaline
35. Tremolite
36. Gneiss
37. Marble
38. Phyllite
39. Quartzite
40. Schist
41. Slate
42. Andesite
43. Basalt
44. Diorite
45. Gabbro
46. Granite
47. Obsidian
48. Pegmatite
49. Pumice
50. Rhyolite
51. Breccia
52. Conglomerate
53. Dolomite Rock
54. Limestone (reefal limestones）
55. Sandstone
56. Shale
Phylum
Class
Note
Protoctista
Foraminifera
Eubacteria or Plantae
stromatolites
Animalia
Cnidaria
(solitary and colonial corals)
Mollusca
Arthropoda
Trilobita
Crustacea Insecta Arachnida
Bryozoa
Brachiopoda
Echinodermata
Blastoidea
Crinoidea
(crinoid stems, calyxes)
Echinoidea
(urchins, sea biscuits, sand dollars)
Stelleroida
(starfish, brittle stars)
Chordata
Fossil evidence
Amber Coprolite Trace fossils
Internal/external molds
Petrified wood Carbon traces